Rebranding

[Zim]

I'm on board with Kiwi Forums as well.

Chris doesn't feel like the main focus of this board anymore. Granted, I'm still waiting for his "end game" or what have you but this forum seems to be attracting more people interested in cows other then Chris. I think rebranding is a good idea for board growth.

 

[applecat]

I think if we're going to rename the forum, we mightas well go in a more subtle direction than laughingatthementallydisabled.gov. I'd put my vote to something that can at least pass as a "normal" forum.

 

[Metal_Heavy19]

While it appears I'm in the minority, I would like it to stay as the cwiki forums. I love Chris and all the entertainment he has given me over the years. I read about other lolcows (how about that Raven, lol?) but Chris is the only one I actually care about. I think while people are upset about a slowing down of interesting cocks, I am still pretty interested in the continued documentation of possibly one of the most documented men of the 21st century. I suppose I understand the need for a larger userbase but to me it almost feels like we're dumping our steady squeeze for the next hot piece of lolcow to come sauntering to the forums and that makes me sad. Another thing I find strange is as soon as Chris decides he's transgendered all of a sudden all this talk of nuking Sonichu.com and changes to the forums start.....perhaps just a coincidence.

I know the coming changes are inevitable and I'll still no doubt be here everyday but nonetheless I am sadden by fading away of our glorious OPL. It would appear old Neil Young was correct when he surmised:
"It's better for a lolcow to burnout than to fade away. The king is gone but he's not forgotten."

 

[DeagleDad420]

I think if we're going to rename the forum, we mightas well go in a more subtle direction than laughingatthementallydisabled.gov. I'd put my vote to something that can at least pass as a "normal" forum.

Laughingatthementallydisabled.gov wasn't a real suggustion, I was obviously being facetious about some of those... but in all seriousness we are not a normal forum and will never be due to the nature of our shared interest. False advertising won't solve the problem. We might as well be upfront about it. Yes there are some people who treat this like it's a fucking social club and never even mention lolcows, but they're mostly a weird, smelly minority.

At it's heart this forum is about crazy people doing funny things. Might as well be upfront about that.

 

[Clown Doll]

and I think if we rebrand it should be something that stands the test of time long after "KIWI FARMS" stops being funny (and it will, trust me)

I think something like "daily dose" is probably the closest of what we're looking for

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I am sadden by fading away of our glorious OPL"

Chris isn't fading away, not by a longshot. He's gotten himself wrangled into 5 different episodes of crazy antics that would've been classified as sagas in the time long since past.

to me it almost feels like we're dumping our steady squeeze for the next hot piece of lolcow to come sauntering to the forums and that makes me sad.

Yeah, trying to shit-can CWC in favor of some Dumblr SJWs and DA autists with their made-up problems would make this site Oh Internet-tier, but I don't think the situation is as dramatic as people are making it out to be. That said, I don't even know why this site would need to appeal that much to people who can't be arsed to do some research on what this site is about.

 

[Holdek]

Kiwi Forums. I'd rather it wasn't Farm, but my jimmies won't be rustled if it's Farm.

It's a dairy farm. Got Lulz?

 

[applecat]

Laughingatthementallydisabled.gov wasn't a real suggustion, I was obviously being facetious about some of those... but in all seriousness we are not a normal forum and will never be due to the nature of our shared interest. False advertising won't solve the problem. We might as well be upfront about it. Yes there are some people who treat this like it's a fucking social club and never even mention lolcows, but they're mostly a weird, smelly minority.

Laughingatthementallydisabled.gov might not have been a real suggestion, but it definitely was a real joke.

 

[Dormiebasne]

I liked the name ATSIMU as a potential new name for the forums. Katsu suggested it a while ago with autismexposed.com as a possible new name, but I like the former far better. It's a subtle nod to the forum's origins that also refers to its general focus: sheer, unadulterated autism that almost breaks the limits of human understanding.

 

[DeagleDad420]

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What i mean about that is, "daily dose" is a weird pop culture colloquialism that can apply to basically anything. Therefore we don't have to define what the "dose" actually is (solving the problem I mentioned earlier) because everyone uses the term to mean fucking anything. However the second you read the front page you will immediately understand that the dose is lethal, concentrated autism and then it will all "click" or something.

 

[CatParty]

"daily doze" cause they all boring now

 

[Guardian G.I.]

autismranch.com
cowranch.com
dailydo.se
villageofidiots.com
laughatcrazypeople.edu
Dollars2009.gov

shit like that

kiwiforu.ms
kiwifarms.net

I don't know whether any site names with Monserrat's domain name .ms can be registered, though.

 

[Trickie]

What i mean about that is, "daily dose" is a weird pop culture colloquialism that can apply to basically anything. Therefore we don't have to define what the "dose" actually is (solving the problem I mentioned earlier) because everyone uses the term to mean fucking anything. However the second you read the front page you will immediately understand that the dose is lethal, concentrated autism and then it will all "click" or something.

I'll concede that it's possible "Kiwi Farm/Forums" will wear thin down the line, but I'd rather rename the forums something that was funny once but lost its luster than name it something like "daily dose", which isn't really all that interesting to begin with.

 

[Petronella]

I'd like to suggest that, in the event of a name change that may be confusing to newcomers, there should be some kind of FAQ page or sticky thread explaining the name and its origins.

 

[DeagleDad420]

I'll concede that it's possible "Kiwi Farm/Forums" will wear thin down the line, but I'd rather rename the forums something that was funny once but lost its luster than name it something like "daily dose", which isn't really all that interesting to begin with.

The goal isn't to be interesting, it's to be simple to understand and very indicative of the overall feel of the thing you're trying to promote.

I'd like to suggest that, in the event of a name change that may be confusing to newcomers, there should be some kind of FAQ page or sticky thread explaining the name and its origins.

This defeats the purpose of a brand name, which inherently should be self-explanatory.

 

[Le Bateleur]

Google
Yahoo
Amazon
eBay

Don't really agree that non-descriptive names are a barrier to growth...

 

[KingofManga420]

atsimuspeaks.edu

 

[CatParty]

@Null think of all the autism you will upset if you go through with this

 

[DeagleDad420]

Google
Yahoo
Amazon
eBay

Don't really agree that non-descriptive names are a barrier to growth...

They are self-descriptive, because they're so well known you literally cannot find anyone in America who doesn't know what those things are immediately. Hint: we don't have that advantage.

@Null think of all the autism you will upset if you go through with this

People are going to find something to be upset about anyway regardless of anything the staff does, that's what happens on Da Forumbz

The best we can do is hope to please the majority, we can't ever please everybody, and we can't be paralyzed by fear of not pleasing everybody because that's just resigning to being suicidally stagnant.

 

[applecat]

I'm going to point out that "daily dose" sounds like a godawful Buzzfeed/viralnova/upworthy etc knockoff.

Although I'm sure naming all of the topics stuff like "You won't BELIEVE what happens when Chris' piercing gets infected!" will increase pageviews, so there's that.

 

[CatParty]

"10 reasons why chris is a lolcow YOU HAVE TO SEE #5"